Designer Family Home

April 16, 2012

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"We bought the plot of land about four years ago when we were in our late 20s. We'd never bought a property before, but we wanted to build our own house," said owner Rosemary Jerrit. "It took a long time to get planning permission."
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"The design is really down to the council. In Richmond you're only allowed to build one story above ground and a basement," said Ms. Jerrit. "So visitors draw up to this brick wall and they can't believe there's this very modern and quite spacious house behind it."
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"Our plan has always been to build our way up the property ladder," said Ms. Jerrit. "In some ways the credit crunch has made it easier because we were able as first-time buyers to get a mortgage on this plot when two developers' finance fell through."
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The master bedroom suite, an additional bathroom and two bedrooms are located in the basement around a small garden. There is a larger garden space next to the open-plan ground floor, which includes the main reception room, kitchen area, bathroom and a study.
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The property is located on Thompson Avenue in Kew, near Richmond in west London. It is about nine miles from London's West End theater district and 11 miles from the City business district.
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The property is listed with Chesterton Humberts for £995,000 ($1.6 million)
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